Buckles



Oct, 15, 1957 J, w, GOLDSTElN 2,809,408

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United States Patent fiice Patented Oct. 15, 1957 2,809,408 EUCKLES.l'ean W. Goldstein, New York, N. Y.

Application P/iay 26, 1953, Serial No. 357,571

4 Claims. ((11.24-77 This invention relates to a buckle comprising aplurality of elements.

An object of the invention is to provide an improved buckle structure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a buckle structurefacilitating the adjustment of the length of an object, such for exampleas a belt, tape, tab or the like to which it is applied.

Other objects of the invention will be in part obvious or in partpointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction,combinations of elements, arrangements of parts, and in the severalsteps and relation and order of each of said steps to one or more of theothers thereof, all as will be pointed out in the following description,and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in thefollowing claims.

The invention will best be understood if the following description isread in connection with the drawings, in which,

Figure l is a front elevational view of one buckle structure embodyingthe invention, shown utilized for interconnecting opposite ends of abelt which is illustrated in perspective;

Figure 2 is a schematic view of another buckle construction showing thebuckle members utilized for interconnecting the members C and D;

Figure 3 is a front elevational view showing the buckle structure ofFigure 2 applied for interconnecting the ends of a jacket belt; and

Figure 4 is a view partly in perspective but showing one buckle memberin front elevation and two other buckle members in rear elevation.

In Figure 1 a three-part buckle is illustrated comprising a member 1:)having slots 12 and 14 therein, a member 16 coactive with member andhaving an aperture 18 therein, and a member having an open end slot 22therein.

Member 20 may be directly secured to an object in any suitable way. Forexample, for attachment to a belt, tape or the like it may have a slot24 therein and as illustrated in Figure 1 a belt B is inserted throughslot 24 and looped back and secured to the main portion of belt B as byrivet 26.

A tape or the like may be threaded through the elements comprising thecombination of members 10 and 16. As illustrated in Figure 1 the otherend of belt B is led through the aperture 18 both before and after beingthreaded through said slots 12 and 14 successively, the free end 28being led back and passed through a keeper 30.

In use the belt B, including the free end portion 28 just behind members10-16, is inserted edgewise into open end slot 22 of member 29 thuscausing said members 10 and 16 to be superimposed over member 26 and toserve as a stop against inadvertent dislodgement of the belt from saidslot 22. With the belt tensioned as it is while in use the buckle member10 is held superimposed closely over member 16 and the combination ofmembers 10 and 16 are held closely superimposed over member 20 andlocked in position on belt B;

In order to adjust the position of the combination of members 10 and 16along the belt B, to make it larger or smaller, the belt is disengagedfrom slot 22 of member 20 and the portion of the belt extending over thebridge between slots 12 and 14 of member 10 is pulled out thus providingslack simultaneously with separating members 10 and 16 from closecontact. The slack is then taken up, by pulling on the main portion ofthe belt if it is desired to increase the eifective size of the belt, orby pulling on the free end 28 if it is desired to decrease the size ofthe belt. Y

Preferably open end slot 22 is substantially normal to the belt. Also itis usually preferred to have the aperture in member 16 of less widththan the distance between the slots in member 10 and when this is thecase the adjustment of a belt or the like to which the buckle is appliedwill be as is described above. For some uses it may be desirable to makethe aperture in member 16 as wide, or wider, than the distance betweenthe slots of member 10, in which case the position of members 10-16 maybe adjusted along the belt by pulling directly on the end 28, withoutfirst obtaining slack in the portion extending over the bridgeseparating the slots of member 10, but slack must be obtained in orderto lengthen the belt.

In Figure 2 a buckle construction is illustrated by which the length oftwo belt means C and D may each be adjusted. Means C and D may beseparate belts or opposite ends of the same belt. This buckle comprisesmembers 40 and 42, and 44 and 46. A hook 48 is provided projectingforwardly from member 42 for interengagement with an eye 50 extendingforwardly from member 46. Both the combination of members 40-42, andmembers 44-46 may be substantially similar to the combination 10-16illustrated in Figure 1, apart from the interconnecting hook and eyemembers provided on said members 42 and 46 respectively. Thus member 40has two apertures or slots 52, 54 and member 42 has the aperture 56through which the free end of belt means C is threaded both before andafter being led through the slots 52 and 54, after which the said freeend of C may for convenience be led back through a keeper 58. Similarlymember 44 has therein the slots 60 and 62 and member 46 has therein theaperture 64 through which the free end of said belt means D is led bothbefore and after being led through said slots 62, and, if desired,passed through the keeper 66.

Figure 3 shows the buckle structure of Figure 2 as it appears in use,with members 40 and 44 closely superimposed over members 42 and 46respectively, and applied for interconnecting the opposed ends of ajacket belt E. The belt B may be adjusted in length at either or bothends by first creating slack in the portion of the belt extending overthe bridge between the two slots of either or both members 40, 44, andthen taking up the slack by pulling on the belt as described inconnection with the combination member 10-16 of Figure 1.

In Figure 4 a somewhat modified buckle structure is shown comprising themembers 70, 72 and 78. Member is slotted with two slots which, however,are not visible because in the rearview of this combination shown inFigure 4 the slots are covered by the member 72. Member 72 has thereinthe aperture 74, and the eye 76 projecting from its forward edge. Member78 is a single element provided with the slots 80 and 82. One end of abelt F is shown passed through said slots and then turned back andsecured to the main portion of the belt in any suitable manner as byrivet 84.

It will be understood that in this application of the 7 3 V V buckle theother end of the belt 'D is passed through aperture 74 of member '72both before and after being inserted in slots in member 70 as describedin connection .with the combination of members 10 and 16 in Figure 1,

and 40-42, and 44.46 of Figure '2. ,end of the "belt maybe passed backthrough the keeper 186 and the effective length of the beltmaybeadjusted at this end as has been described above in connection withsaidcombinations of members. In this embodimentof theinven- 'tion themember 78. and thecom'bination of members 70- 72 are interengaged byinsertion of the hook 88, extending forwardly from member 78, with theeye 76, extending forwardly from member'72.

It will thus be seen that there has been provided by this invention anarticle in which the various objects hereina'bove set forth togetherwith many thoroughly practical advantages'are successfully achieved. [Asvarious possibleembodiments mightbe made of the mechanical features ofthe above invention and as the art herein described might be varied invarious parts, all without departing from the scope of the invention, itis to be understood that all matter ,hereinbefore set forth (or shown intheaccompanying drawings is to be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limitingsense.

What I claim is: V w 1. A buckle comprising, a first member slotted withtwo spaced, parallel slots, to receive the end of-a belt or the likethreaded through said slots successively and extending over the bridgebetween the slots, a second member positioned beneath said first memberand apertured to have said belt end passed through it twice, before saidbelt end is threaded through one of the said slots in said first memberandafter it has been threaded through the other of said slots in saidfirst member, anda third member attachedjtoithe other endof said beltandhaving an open end slot therein to .receive the doubled over oppositeend of said belt, behind said first and second members. I 1

2. The device claimed in claim '1 in which the aperture means in saidsecond member is of less width than the width of the'bridge between theslots of said first member.

3. The device claimed in claim 1 in which the slot in said third memberis substantially normal to the said belt. 4. A buckle comprising a twopart first member, the first part of which has two apertures throughwhich a first belt part'is threaded successively forming a loop,

and the second part of which has a single aperture through which saidfirst belt part is threaded both before and after it is threaded throughthe two apertures of said first part, and a second buckle member securedto a second belt part and coactive with said first buckle member toengage both parts of the belt forming said loop behind said first andsecond parts'comprising said two part buckle member, said first beltpart being movable through the apertures in said first part whendisengaged from said second buckle member, the member carried by saidsecond belt part comprising an open ended slot through which the doubledover first belt part may be inserted directly with said first membersuperimposed upon said second member. a

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS (1staddition to No. 943,958)

